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City of New Orleans Lyrics

Artist: John Denver
Album: All Aboard

This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the Poems, Prayers and Promises album, is also available on The Country Roads Collection album and has also been rerecorded on All Aboard! album.

Riding on the City of New OrleansIllinios Central, Monday morning rail15 cars and 15 restless riders3 conductors and 25 sacks of mailAll along a southbound odysseyThe train pulls out of KankakeeRolls along past houses, farms and fieldsPassing trains that have no nameFreight yards full of old black menThe graveyards of the rusted automobiles

Singing good morning America, how are you?Saying, don't you know me Im your native son?Im the train they call the City of New OrleansI'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done

Dealing cards with the old men in the club carPenny a point, aint no one keeping scorePass the paper bag that holds the bottleFeel the wheels a rumbling neath the floor

And the sons of Pullman portersAnd the sons of engineersRide their fathers magic carpet made of steelAnd mothers with their babes asleepRockin to the gentle beatAnd the rhythm of the rails is all they feelSinging good morning America, how are you?Saying dont you know me, I'm your native son?Im the train they call the City of New OrleansIll be gone 500 miles when the day is done

Nighttime on the City of New OrleansChanging cars in Memphis, TennesseeHalfway home and well be there by morningThrough the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the seaBut all the towns and people seemTo fade into a bad dreamAnd the steel rails still aint heard the newsThe conductor sings his song againThe passengers will please refrainThis train has got the disappearing railroad blues

Singing good morning America, how are you?Saying dont you know me, I'm your native son?Im the train they call the City of New OrleansIll be gone 500 miles when the day is done

Words and Music by Steve Goodman

Comments/Interpretations

by wvrev on 5/22/2010 3:13amThis song was not on the Poems, Prayers and Promises album.

by kayla on 4/18/2011 7:45pmi love john denver his wounderful things he said made me happy leving on a jet plane sad story.

by EAGLE-WOLF on 4/22/2011 11:30pmwvrev is right, this song is NOT on "Poems, Prayers, And Promises". It is on the next album John released called "Aerie".

by Josh miller on 6/22/2011 3:40pmIf you listen to any of the mentioned cd, the lyrics won't look the same